Method of waving human hair



Patented Oct. 31, 1933 ,9 2 amnion or wavme m nam Clara F. nuns, mm City, m.

' No Drawing. Application July :1,

, Serial No. 681,568

. 3 Claims. (Cl. 132-38) This invention relates. to a method of waving human hair and particularly to that method known as finger waving.

The principal object of the present invention 6 is the method of waving human hair by a series of operationsv which are repeated to gradually form and dry the hair waves with intermittent combing operations to obtain a'soft and lustrous wave. v

In the ordinary method of finger waving hair, the hair is first treated with a waving lotion, combed and formed into the desired waves and pinned or secured in position by means of combs or other suitable devices, after which a drier is fitted over the head and heat applied to completely dry all the waves as they are held in position as stated above. This method of waving produces a wave which is harsh and unnatural and requires considerable work for the operator after the fastenings are removed to get it formed to partially overcome some of this ill efifect.

Another object of this method of waving hair is to wave the hair without the use of any of the well known waving lotions to produce a more natural and beautiful wave effect.

In carrying out this method the hair is thoroughly wet with water and combed to any desirable position, dependent upon the wave effect to be obtained. The operator then forms a wave in the wet hair in' any suitable position by means 01 a comb and the fingers.

This wave is then held in position by the operators fingers and a blast of hot air from the drier is directed against the wave until it is partially,

but not completely, dried. Another wave is now formed in like manner as the first and adjacentthereto, and is heat-treated in likeLmanner. Other waves are formed in the hair until a complete series of hair waves is formed.

During the formation of these waves the operator may hold in position other waves of the hair adjacent the one just being formed. This may also be the case when the heat is being applied.

After this series of waves has been partially formed and partially dried, the operator combs the hair forming the series of waves to properly:

position all the hair, both at the surface and adjacent the scalp. Beginning with the wave of hair first formed, the operator re-forms this wave, holds it in the formed position and applies the heat to further dryithe hair. This treatment is applied to each wave of the series successively, and the hair is again'combed. It has been found by actual experience that these forming, drying and combing operations should be continued four or five times to obtain the best results.

When a certain number of complete operations is to be used, the heat applied at each operation should be regulated so that the hair will be substantially dry when the last heating operation is completed.

B lt is desired to dry the hair more rapidly than could be produced by heat which would be uncomfortable to the operator's fingers, then a device might be used to take the place of the fingers for holding the hair wave in position and a hotter blast applied.

While the general method of waving the hair is always the same, yet it is evident that the dura- 7 tion and number of any of the different steps may be varied to suit diflerent types of hair, also to produce different wave effects.

The use of water for wetting the hair, together with the intermittent combing and positioning of the waves during the drying process, produces a loose, fiufly wave that is in proper condition as soon as the hair is dried.

It is evident that I have invented a new an novel method of waving the human hair which produces beneficial results not obtainable by any of the methods heretofore used and a method that maintains the hair in better physical condition and produces a wave effect of the hair that retains its shape for a much longer period than can be obtained by known methods of like character.

What I claim as new and desire to cover by Letters Patent is:

1. The method of waving human'hair which consists in wetting the hair, combing the wet hair to the desired position, forming -the'wet hair into a series of successive waves, heating each successive wave of hair as it is formed and held in position until it is partially dried, combing the. series of partially dried hair waves, then repeating said forming, heating and combing operations until the hair is substantially dried.

2. The method of waving human hair which consists in wetting the hair and combing it while wet, forming the wet hair into a series 01. waves, heating to partially dry each successive wave ofhair as it is formed and while it is being held in position by the operator, combing the series of waves of partially dried hair, then repeating the forming, drying and combing operation a sulficient number of times to substantially dry, the hair.

3. The method of waving human hair which consists in wetting the hair and combing it while wet, forming the wet hair into a series of waves, heating to partially dry each successive wave oi hair as it is formed and while it is being held in position by the operator, combing the series of v 5 waves oi partially dried hair, then ire-forming and ire-heating each of said hair waves of the series emme CLARARHARRIB. 

